@@CS-sf1rz Bill Rieflin used a Tama Techstar electric drum kit, though used an actual kick with the electric drums. Evident in videos of the late Bill and Jeff Ward performing on a drumset of Tama Techstar (between 1985 to 1990); it is possible they could've used an SP-12 or SP-1200 or an MPC-60 for certain tracks like Stigmata have that drum machine sound to them. :)
This song is wickedly underrated! Holy shit! It's probably one of the most mechanically sounding songs off the entire album. Stigmata is really fast as well.
Electro industrial punk disco...so unique so fucking awesome...ministry was all da rage, yo!! Last few albums were real shit though, at least we have this innovative stuff of old which is like uber vintage ultra fucking spectacular now!!!
Samples from Platoon and some sprinkled treatments by Skinny Puppy, the music features a very simple two-stroke chord, backed up by a jackboot drum beat, and layered with simple yet striking syncopation on the chorus. Cant forget the accelerated guitar solo.
Al was a genius because he created hard music that was still danceable. In fact some of the most skilled dancers I’ve seen were in clubs dancing to these songs.
Frank Black A last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution, so Uncle Al wants you to have a tasty treat before killing you. That makes him a lovely, but twisted, man.
Is anyone else reminded of Warm Leatherette when listening to this? Especially the drum loop. Not that it's bad or anything, I love this sort of pattern :)
Idk, kinda hard to hear as it has no depth in sound, but from a guitarists perspective, it's actually relatively easy to sound like that. You just use the tapping technique and phase your taps directly after each other, then its just a matter of muscle memory. The hard solo's are the ones where you have to use both hands coordinated and have a lot of gaps to switch between, so you can't really just use one grip map through the entire thing. This makes for a lot more room for error. It's really too bad with the misinterpretation of difficulty in music and whatnot, with the "i play this very fast therefore i'm good" mentality, making superb musicians like David Gilmour Criminally underrated...
@@sandercohen5543 lol I am sure ministry during this period was not at all concerned with giving the audience the impression that they were virtuosos on the guitar (or drums, or keys, or any other instrument). The focus at the point was purely aesthetic, much like modern day Techno producers - the virtuosity on display is in their production skills and their ability to use the recording studio as an instrument.
*They are all dead from slam-dancing injuries.* And I miss the transition to Abortive after this song like on the album. Definitely a good full album to listen to. Does anybody even do that any more?
Bryan Jones I do.i go 1 step above,I spend the days playing albums in their entirety from their first demo,or EP,or 1st studio release,and then go in order from first to final.I have 26 Ministry albums (With Sympathy thru to Amerikkant,& the dub albums,then the love albums,the singles box & then the Greatest fits album) by the end of the day it's been like 33+ hours...but when I play Ministry like that...noone is sleeping anyways ;)
This song has comfort me where most songs about their significant other just dont. So this is theraputic, of the considering on how cold my ex really was, and the few guys she slept with which we were ex friends after the straw broke the camel's back. So yeah I can agree with this song a lot. And its better to have murderous thoughts instead of commiting the deed. I'm sure everyone has hated their cheating ex to the point of no return, I know I'm not the only one.
I was tripping on really strong LSD watching the movie 'Platoon' in my late teens and realised that the whole song was full of samples from the movie. Had to double check later when i was straight, but yep, it's true
I was listening to a lot of power electronics/industrial when this came out back in the late 80s, this was the first song I ever heard by them and was sadly disappointed the rest of their music was junk.
Best Ministry video (second would be Over the Shoulder). Ben Stokes evidently directed this, along with the Stigmata video, as well as Nine Inch Nails' Down In It and Head Like A Hole videos. I always thought this video was a lot like the Down In It video, and both videos came out around the same time in 1989. They both have the washed out metallic tone of film color, stop motion with swirling lights, rooftop city scenes, etc. Twitch & Land of Rape and Honey are the 2 best records ever made BTW. I can never decide which one I like better, I go back and forth (although you can take The Missing off of LORAH, never liked that track, weakest point of the album IMO).
Obviously you don't like the later hardcore/metal orientation of Ministry, The Missing is the only song of The Land Of Rape And Honey that sounds like Psalm 69, the remaining songs being in the same EBM vein as Twitch (with a much harder edge though), so it's natural that you don't like it. I understand, personally I love everything Al did, from the early gothrock singles of 81 to the industrial thrash of the 21st century, the shift may seem brutal but it was gradual and the result of a process!
As much as I like this song and Stigmata, I don't think I'd ever seen videos for either one. This is pretty cool, lol. I remember reading that the title "The Land & Rape of Honey" (which I thought was disgusting back then--it stil lis) actually got the record banned in some places, and some stores wouldn't carry it because of said title.
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Kirk Wood It was probably also banned because of the album cover.
I know this is necro, but I so resonate with you on this.. Happy to hear that there's somebody out there that thinks Twitch and LORAH are the two top albums in Industrial music of all time. Such a shame Al never plays most of the songs from those albums or work with more Industrial stuff these days, because he's a genius with Industrial. His life and age kinda explains it, though.
Sheer brilliance...this is the stuff that knocked Trent Reznor & Chris Vrenna on their asses and inspired them to make that cool shite they did on “Broken”....MINISTRY RULES ALL 🦾
The Land Of Rape And Honey is definitely the best Ministry album. It's transitional. He's coming out of synth-pop/darkwave moving towards the metal thing, but in the end it's more electronic than rock or metal. Also this is when Paul Barker and Bill Rieflin come into the picture. Much better than The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste.
I appreciate your comment, although I've never heard of any of those. It's amazing to me what bands say had influenced them. I'm reading/trying to read his biography. Guy's amazing.
In the early 90's I was in high school and was dating the mother of my children and she introduced me to this, I guess it was a sign of things to come ... she was bat shit crazy .. this still makes me want to fight . Lol
I was watching Platoon today and at the 1 he 33 and 20 second mark I found where the first sample of the song was (now hold up man!!) I’d never seen platoon before.
When I saw them play this live on this tour, it convinced me to be more aggressive with my keyboards. It was 1988 I think. Anyway, yeah, I didn’t have keyboards for much longer after that…
One of my favorite Ministry tracks... I had no idea there was a video for this. Still one of their most brutal songs, IMO.
this whole album rips your head up and makes you love its remains.
that is the best description of any band let alone it be about ministry..
I just blew my speakers & I’m happy !!!!
And then it laughs like a motherfucker!
My favorite Ministry song. So raw, simple and industrial.
Love those crunchy D-Beat drum machine patterns Ministry used on nearly every song on this album.
Nacht Schreck yes!! Any guesses on what sampler they used? Sp 1200 or mpc 60?
@@CS-sf1rz Bill Rieflin used a Tama Techstar electric drum kit, though used an actual kick with the electric drums. Evident in videos of the late Bill and Jeff Ward performing on a drumset of Tama Techstar (between 1985 to 1990); it is possible they could've used an SP-12 or SP-1200 or an MPC-60 for certain tracks like Stigmata have that drum machine sound to them. :)
I love the 80s early 90s ministry!
This song is wickedly underrated! Holy shit! It's probably one of the most mechanically sounding songs off the entire album. Stigmata is really fast as well.
Ya I think of taking a big shift down the devils throt after I RIP the cocksuckers head offf.a good you know.
Ministry at their best during the middle and end of the 80s without a shadow of a doubt.
i missed this in 85 when i was 10. life suckssssssss!
Amen
@@adamlangley6033I was born too late. 88. Fucking love the is track so much.
@@itsmejahoo "We don't care, it's not our fault, that we were born too late... So What?!"
@adamlangley6033 This came out in '88 btw
89' In Case is ...their Prime IMO Psalm was Mainstream for Ministry but that Live show is Ministry Must Raw Expression 🤟
true definition of industrial
MY friend was dying in the hospital and I played this on the phone in his ear(he was a 20+ year ministry fan)...I like to think he appreciated it
With the line everybody gotta die sometimes? YOU ARE A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT OF A HUMAN BEING! FUCK YOU.
Carlos Arroyo whoa bro switch to decaf.
Who needs enemy when you have a friend like that. You probably poisoned him slowly.
@@Eklektik40 lmao
I'd appreciate this song on my death bed
Electro industrial punk disco...so unique so fucking awesome...ministry was all da rage, yo!! Last few albums were real shit though, at least we have this innovative stuff of old which is like uber vintage ultra fucking spectacular now!!!
Yeah none of the post-Barker albums have the sauce. All bland and uninspired.
Everything about this is sheer awesomeness.
BoingTarash1960s Bless you, Al. You sick, sad soulless husk of man. My favorite Ministry track.
The first time I heard this I thought it was the most uniquely creative twisted shite I ever heard....absolutely legendary!!!!
Paul Barker looks like such a badass in this video.
Samples from Platoon and some sprinkled treatments by Skinny Puppy, the music features a very simple two-stroke chord, backed up by a jackboot drum beat, and layered with simple yet striking syncopation on the chorus. Cant forget the accelerated guitar solo.
Just found a mint copy of Land of Rape and Honey on vinyl today so had to come here to show people what I was listening to
Al was a genius because he created hard music that was still danceable. In fact some of the most skilled dancers I’ve seen were in clubs dancing to these songs.
God damn I love this song
He's gonna kill her, but he's gonna make her supper.
He's a true gentleman, and that's why everybody around the world loves Al.
*-* Ask the Starchild *-* its suffer not supper lol
Frank Black apparently that was sarcastic lol
Frank Black A last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution, so Uncle Al wants you to have a tasty treat before killing you. That makes him a lovely, but twisted, man.
Iggy Montpellier lol made me choke on my beer..too funny my friend
Would you like steak or eggs..oh what the hell you can have both..lol
Gosh I love this type of video editing
Is anyone else reminded of Warm Leatherette when listening to this? Especially the drum loop. Not that it's bad or anything, I love this sort of pattern :)
I'm always reminded of Homer Simpson in parts of it
Scotsman707 now that you mention it, yes!
I feel the Warm Leatherette beat.
I'm hearing "Where You At Now?/Crash and Burn"
A man of culture as well
2:45 the most insane guitar solo
SkullyTheHypnoSkull I
Idk, kinda hard to hear as it has no depth in sound, but from a guitarists perspective, it's actually relatively easy to sound like that. You just use the tapping technique and phase your taps directly after each other, then its just a matter of muscle memory. The hard solo's are the ones where you have to use both hands coordinated and have a lot of gaps to switch between, so you can't really just use one grip map through the entire thing. This makes for a lot more room for error. It's really too bad with the misinterpretation of difficulty in music and whatnot, with the "i play this very fast therefore i'm good" mentality, making superb musicians like David Gilmour Criminally underrated...
actually sounds a lot like a solo from a disclose song
@@sandercohen5543 lol I am sure ministry during this period was not at all concerned with giving the audience the impression that they were virtuosos on the guitar (or drums, or keys, or any other instrument). The focus at the point was purely aesthetic, much like modern day Techno producers - the virtuosity on display is in their production skills and their ability to use the recording studio as an instrument.
Nacht Schreck Indeed
classic. still one of my fave industrial club songs of all time.
A song for those who see the beauty of a train wreck.
“You always want to make it sound like a car crash as much as possible”- king buzzo.
Always therapeutic to listen to after having an absolutely shitty day.
More than most of the other songs in Ministry's catalogue, this track highlights the 'Industrial' in Industrial Metal. And it rips!
Just a nice, wholesome, American song.
Metal, Screams, samples, viol3nc3, signal processing tecniques and madness... I Lov3 Ministry :)
This is what comes to mind when I hear the word "industrial".
Pounding industrial beat goes hard
What a badass music video + song
this shit is fucking kick ass. donno why I never really got into ministry besides hearing just songs here and there. this entire album is awesome
My favorite track on the Land of Rape of Honey album by Ministry. One of their better ones altogether.
Yup
I played this in the club a few weeks ago
How was the reaction.
*They are all dead from slam-dancing injuries.*
And I miss the transition to Abortive after this song like on the album. Definitely a good full album to listen to. Does anybody even do that any more?
Bryan Jones I do.i go 1 step above,I spend the days playing albums in their entirety from their first demo,or EP,or 1st studio release,and then go in order from first to final.I have 26 Ministry albums (With Sympathy thru to Amerikkant,& the dub albums,then the love albums,the singles box & then the Greatest fits album) by the end of the day it's been like 33+ hours...but when I play Ministry like that...noone is sleeping anyways ;)
would this be EBM?
This song was written in the same day with "Say you're sorry", in february 1982
Superb on acid them the dayz brrrrr ❤
wish I could go back in time ..good stuff
Side B of Land of Rape and Honey is mad underrated, with the titular song, You Know What You Are and this.
The best video in the videography.
This song has comfort me where most songs about their significant other just dont. So this is theraputic, of the considering on how cold my ex really was, and the few guys she slept with which we were ex friends after the straw broke the camel's back. So yeah I can agree with this song a lot. And its better to have murderous thoughts instead of commiting the deed. I'm sure everyone has hated their cheating ex to the point of no return, I know I'm not the only one.
My first favorite Ministry song!
I was tripping on really strong LSD watching the movie 'Platoon' in my late teens and realised that the whole song was full of samples from the movie. Had to double check later when i was straight, but yep, it's true
Dear internet. Today I learned...
I LOVE the special guess apperance of homer simpson dòh dòh dòh
Hahahaha
Released 30 years ago this week (GOOD GOD!)
the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah
EBM AWESOME
I was listening to a lot of power electronics/industrial when this came out back in the late 80s, this was the first song I ever heard by them and was sadly disappointed the rest of their music was junk.
Released 33 years ago today. Man, I feel old.
flashback grenade! out!
Still loving this ❤2024
ART!
Best Ministry video ever. Produced by the same guy who made the Stigmata and NIN Down In It video.
And it shows.
From Ministry's best album... The Land of Rape and Honey. Remarkable
Just realized in late 2023 that "now look man" is sampled from platoon movie 1h33m
Great song
Best Ministry video (second would be Over the Shoulder). Ben Stokes evidently directed this, along with the Stigmata video, as well as Nine Inch Nails' Down In It and Head Like A Hole videos. I always thought this video was a lot like the Down In It video, and both videos came out around the same time in 1989. They both have the washed out metallic tone of film color, stop motion with swirling lights, rooftop city scenes, etc.
Twitch & Land of Rape and Honey are the 2 best records ever made BTW. I can never decide which one I like better, I go back and forth (although you can take The Missing off of LORAH, never liked that track, weakest point of the album IMO).
Obviously you don't like the later hardcore/metal orientation of Ministry, The Missing is the only song of The Land Of Rape And Honey that sounds like Psalm 69, the remaining songs being in the same EBM vein as Twitch (with a much harder edge though), so it's natural that you don't like it. I understand, personally I love everything Al did, from the early gothrock singles of 81 to the industrial thrash of the 21st century, the shift may seem brutal but it was gradual and the result of a process!
As much as I like this song and Stigmata, I don't think I'd ever seen videos for either one. This is pretty cool, lol. I remember reading that the title "The Land & Rape of Honey" (which I thought was disgusting back then--it stil lis) actually got the record banned in some places, and some stores wouldn't carry it because of said title.
Kirk Wood It was probably also banned because of the album cover.
I fucking hate Twitch. Dig The Missing, though.
I know this is necro, but I so resonate with you on this.. Happy to hear that there's somebody out there that thinks Twitch and LORAH are the two top albums in Industrial music of all time. Such a shame Al never plays most of the songs from those albums or work with more Industrial stuff these days, because he's a genius with Industrial. His life and age kinda explains it, though.
Catchy tune, i like the sample from Platoon
Those lyrics though.....
Laugh like a motherfucker. I'm gonna laugh like a motherfucker. = SO fucking rad, goddamn.
Good musical memories
wohhhh I think I did'nt see and feel anything so great since these days
I just love how the Platoon samples deteriorate into some weird ass Little Richard gag.
Im an Iraqi operation freedom freedom vet, i grew up on this ,I worship it
This song is so fucking marvelous, it should have like 20 million views!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everybody's gotta die sometime.
If there's a video that represents this whole album, it's this.
Sheer brilliance...this is the stuff that knocked Trent Reznor & Chris Vrenna on their asses and inspired them to make that cool shite they did on “Broken”....MINISTRY RULES ALL 🦾
You're stupid.
The Land Of Rape And Honey is definitely the best Ministry album.
It's transitional. He's coming out of synth-pop/darkwave moving towards the metal thing, but in the end it's more electronic than rock or metal.
Also this is when Paul Barker and Bill Rieflin come into the picture.
Much better than The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste.
Agreed.
hehe..used to listen to this way back when..truely no song like this..in your face and how you feel once in a while
Fantastic tune 😎
This is my 25th favorite song!
Fucking love this song
Love the platoon samples......
that platoon sample is fucking great
Love it!!!
Ministry's Flashback music video is the twin brother for Nine Inch Nails' Down In It music video, in case no one noticed.
Beat angry song ever!
Awesome!
great song !!
God bless you, bop-bop man.
Grateful...
...every divorced guy ever...
AWESOME ❤
The is awesome
Classic. Goddamn.
Al himself was influenced by Throbbing Gristle / Genesis P. Orridge / Killing Joke /S.P.K. / Cabaret Voltaire ect.
I appreciate your comment, although I've never heard of any of those. It's amazing to me what bands say had influenced them. I'm reading/trying to read his biography. Guy's amazing.
And He was influenced by Front 242.
And Kraftwerk
thanks for the tips!
Yes yes yes. Yes yes yes yes yes!
the quintessentially classic music video...
Dope trak frum way back 🥰🥰🥰🥰😎😎😎😎
relaxing
Electro Industrial Fucking love the aesthetic of the video AWESOME !!
The first Heavy Metal song I’ve heard that had little to no Guitar
Listen to TV Sky by Young Gods. it's guitar rock album without a single guitar played.
How the fuck does this song only have 180K views...it should be right up there with Stigmata 🤦🏻♀️💆🏻♀️
and the list to the right..rock you like a hurricane? really lol. No words can explain google search sometimes lol
That sample "now hol' up man!' is from Platoon, when they scared Junior with the prospect of a giant centipede.
"…….um hurtin' real bad inside…."
This song makes me so happy i love it😂😂😂😂
In the early 90's I was in high school and was dating the mother of my children and she introduced me to this, I guess it was a sign of things to come ... she was bat shit crazy .. this still makes me want to fight . Lol
Warm leatherette, Ricky's hand and Flashback are my twah
“I’m gonna laugh like a motherfucker”
That has to be one of the greatest lines in any song ever.
I was watching Platoon today and at the 1 he 33 and 20 second mark I found where the first sample of the song was (now hold up man!!) I’d never seen platoon before.
When I saw them play this live on this tour, it convinced me to be more aggressive with my keyboards. It was 1988 I think.
Anyway, yeah, I didn’t have keyboards for much longer after that…
perfect ring tone
Ahh Ministry in the 80s